| Abrek Zaur | |
| Director: | Boris Mikhin |
| Music: | Vladimir Messman |
| Cinematography: | Konstantin Kuznetsov |
| Editing: | Esfir Shub |
| Studio: | Goskino |
| Runtime: | 85 minutes |
| Country: | Soviet Union |
| Language: | Silent Russian intertitles |
Abrek Zaur (Russian: Абрек Заур) is a 1926 Soviet silent Red Western directed by Boris Mikhin.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Isaak Makhlis.
The picture is set in the mid 19th century. Highlander Zaur-Bek is accused of murdering a Russian officer "outside the law" and becomes an abrek. His house is burned, father and sister arrested. But abrek Zaur remains elusive. To force him to surrender the tsarist authorities decide to burn Zaur's native village fields.